[PATCH 6.12.y] fs/ntfs3: handle attr_set_size() errors when truncating files

From: Bin Lan

Date: Wed May 27 2026 - 23:27:31 EST


From: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 576248a34b927e93b2fd3fff7df735ba73ad7d01 ]

If attr_set_size() fails while truncating down, the error is silently
ignored and the inode may be left in an inconsistent state.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Minor context conflict resolved. ]
Signed-off-by: Bin Lan <lanbincn@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs3/file.c | 12 ++++--------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/file.c b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
index 3f144a049d71..b7d87fd57063 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@ static int ntfs_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_size)
{
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
struct ntfs_inode *ni = ntfs_i(inode);
- int err, dirty = 0;
u64 new_valid;
+ int err;

if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
return 0;
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@ static int ntfs_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_size)
}

new_valid = ntfs_up_block(sb, min_t(u64, ni->i_valid, new_size));
-
truncate_setsize(inode, new_size);

ni_lock(ni);
@@ -531,22 +530,19 @@ static int ntfs_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_size)
ni->i_valid = new_valid;

ni_unlock(ni);
+ if (unlikely(err))
+ return err;

ni->std_fa |= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE;
inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode, inode_set_ctime_current(inode));
if (!IS_DIRSYNC(inode)) {
- dirty = 1;
+ mark_inode_dirty(inode);
} else {
err = ntfs_sync_inode(inode);
if (err)
return err;
}

- if (dirty)
- mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-
- /*ntfs_flush_inodes(inode->i_sb, inode, NULL);*/
-
return 0;
}

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2.43.0